Ezra Karger is an economist in the economic research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He conducts research in the areas of labor economics, public economics, and economic history. Prior to joining the Chicago Fed in 2021, he received a B.A. in mathematics, statistics, and economics and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.
Chicago Fed Insights
Chicago Fed Letter
Diane Alexander, Ezra Karger, Amanda McFarland | 2020 | No. 445 | August Download
Policy Brief
Ezra Karger | 2022 | February
Working Papers
Andrew Jordan, Ezra Karger, Derek Neal | 2022 | No. 2022-02 | January Download
Gregory Gilpin, Ezra Karger, Peter Nencka | 2021 | No. 2021-06 | April Download
Tracking U.S. Consumers in Real Time with a New Weekly Index of Retail Trade (REVISED November 2021)
Scott A. Brave, Michael Fogarty, Daniel Aaronson, Ezra Karger, Spencer Krane | 2021 | No. 2021-05 | March Download
Diane Alexander, Ezra Karger | 2020 | No. 2020-12 | May Download
Ezra Karger, Aastha Rajan | 2020 | No. 2020-15 | May Download
